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BNC: 6765 COCA: 16666

paddy

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
paddy /ˈpædi/ noun
plural paddies
paddy
/ˈpædi/
noun
plural paddies
Learner's definition of PADDY
[count]
: a wet field where rice is grown稻田;水田
BNC: 6765 COCA: 16666

paddy

1 of 2

noun (1)

pad·​dy ˈpa-dē How to pronounce paddy (audio)
variants or less commonly padi
plural paddies also padis
1
: rice
especially : threshed unmilled rice
2
: wet land in which rice is grown

Paddy

2 of 2

noun (2)

Pad·​dy ˈpa-dē How to pronounce Paddy (audio)
plural Paddies
slang, often disparaging + offensive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
While it is known that infected paddy plants die, hitting crop production, neither officials nor scientists are ready to estimate the extent of possible loss. Quartz, 8 Sep. 2022 In Italy, rice paddy farmers who rely on the severely depleted river Po warn of risotto shortages. Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022 Its most important paddy-growing regions are West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha accounting for more than 85% of its annual output. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 4 Aug. 2022 During the height of the violence, a group of Muslim men arrived at the house and led them to the paddy fields. Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 On March 1, 1969, Bob Parsons was carrying a rifle through a rice paddy in the Quảng Nam province in Vietnam. Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022 On a recent afternoon, Uparbeda men were hunched in ankle-deep water, tending to their paddy fields. New York Times, 21 July 2022 Women in bright dresses took a walk in a rice paddy planted near the temple. Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 Last year, paddy production was down nearly 10 percent, with tens of thousands of acres damaged by floods that killed scores of people. New York Times, 14 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Malay padi

Noun (2)

from Paddy, Hiberno-English nickname for Patrick

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1714, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of paddy was in 1623
BNC: 6765 COCA: 16666

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